Bernstorff Note Reveals Funds Aimed at Influence Congress
Secretary Lansing released a Bernstorff note showing up to $50,000 could be paid to influence Congress through a Berlin known organization to prevent war. The disclosure ties German intrigue to Irish questions and probes the ambassador's wider propaganda network in the United States.
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Count von Bernstorff
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Mexico City
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Count von Berniera
Connecon
Wilson
Count von Bernatorff
Washington
Teutonic
Bernstorff
Reed
Norris
England
Riot in Petrograd Woman Battalion Attacks Commander
A riot in a Moscow based Woman's battalion led to girls attacking Vera Butchkareff, the twice wounded officer who led woman suffrage soldiers. An infantryman rescued her. many rioters will be sent home and 250 will be allowed to go to the front.
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Petrograd
Moscow
Vera Butchkareff
Borse
Butchkareff
Riite
War Credits Bill Sent to White House for Signature
The $11 billion war credits bill conference report was adopted by the House and forwarded to the White House for the president to sign. The Senate acted the day before as part of the rapid wartime approval process.
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Bill
White House
Washington
House
Senate
Universal price fixing urged by Atlantic City convention
Government price fixing of essential products urged at the war convention of American business men in Atlantic City. Resolutions called for a general government plan to set and enforce prices and to allocate output to the country.
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Atlantic City
N. Jd
Pir Vha
Cou
Kelly May Have Imagined Crime at Villisca Trial
Red Oak Iowa Sep 2 evidence showed Rev Lyn George J Kelly a paranoiac who might imagine he committed the Villisca ax murders. Alienist Dr A W Fitzsimmons testified Kelly’s delusions. defense noted lack of discussion aboard the train. Witnesses claimed Kelly spoke of the tragedy at times, while others denied overhearing conversation. The trial room was crowded as testimony covered bacon found near victims and alleged signs of delusion and perversion.
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Lyn George J. Kelly
A. W. Fitzsimmons
Omaha
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Kelly
Charles Pontle
Burlington
Villeca
Macedonia
F. F. Jones
Bert McCall
Villisca
Frank Archer, Jr
Archer
Albert Jones
Villisea
Wilkerson
Howe
Sutton
W. E. Mitchell
Wikerson
John Montgomery
Joe Moore
Stillinger
Welaing Hin
Hea
Jones family trial links union ties to German agents
Enid Okla Sept 22 testimony described the Jones family from Pottawatomie and Cleveland counties connected to the Working Class union IL W W and a Chicago office with German agents. Holmes testified at a government hearing about a Meening where the American flag was torn and labeled a filthy rag. J C Yeh, about 60, attempted suicide cutting his throat during testimony, Hydanders restrained him after partial severing his jugular vein.
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Okla
Walts
J. C. Yeh
Hydanders
American Engineers Attacked by Germans in France
American reg iment of engineers guarding strategic rail lines in France faced air attacks at night as bombs and steel jacketed bullets peppered an ammunition train bound for the front. The engines overheated and the crew had to take refuge beneath the locomotive while veteran men boasted of the incident.
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France
Cardinal Mericer Hooted Sparks Antwerp Riots
According to Handelabla, Cardinal Mercier primate of Belgium faced hoots from Flemish and French agitators as he walked to Antwerp cathedral in full pontifical dress. Riots erupted with police intervention as he entered and again outside the church. Stones were thrown and other missiles used.
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Amsterdam
Cardinal Mercier
Belgium
Antwerp
Italian Flyer Sets U S Air Altitude Record
Lieut. Emilio Restant of Italy climbed to 17 000 feet at Langley field with 12 passengers aboard a Caproni tri plane. The feat exceeded the prior U S record of 16 000 feet set with one passenger by Victor Carlatrom, who died in a prior crash.
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New Port News
Emilio Restant
Langley Field
Victor Carlatrom
Flag makers charged with inflating profits in patriotism plot
Twenty leading flag producers across the nation were formally charged by the federal trade commission for concerted illegal action to raise flag prices, exploiting patriotic sentiment for huge profits.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
2 Killed 4 Injured in Motor Car Wreck
In Dubuque Baptists return trip from Wisconsin, a car struck a high stone curb at Death turn. Killed were Frank Eberhart and Miss Gertrude Lemper. Four others injured with broken arms legs and shoulders. The crash occurred at a spot linked to a previous local accident.
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Dubuque
Frank Eberhart
Gertrude Lemper
Wisconsia
Frank Dinang
Duccns
Bavarian King Sells Jewels Sent Abroad for Sale
Amsterdam reports the king of Tinvaria has sent pearls valued at 00,000 marks to neutral countries for sale, as per the Berlin An selger.
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Amsterdam
Tinvaria
Berlin
Engineers Take Over Line In France
An American regiment of engineers has taken over a critical line of French strategic railways near the front. They have not yet faced shell fire, but German attempts to bomb the trains have occurred as the unit concentrates on supplying ammunition to French troops.
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Associated Press
France
Krenavh
Russian War Turmoil Fueled by German Agents
Petrograd reports Gen Alexeif realigned as chief of the general staff under Premier Kerensky amid purge tensions. Bolshevik cries and German propaganda fuel fears, with rumors of Kerensky’s dictatorship, alleged infidelity, and attempts on his life as Korniloff fears German intrigue.
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Petrograd
Alexeif
le Eas
Korniloff
Napoleon
Winter Palace
Korniloffs
Pope Benedict to Issue New Peace Note Early Next Month
Rome dispatch reports Pope Benedict plans another note to belligerents toward the end of September. The dispatch says the Pontiff will make the proposals more detailed and specific than the previous message.
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Rome
Paris
Tempe
Pewnpapers
Rich Woman Ave Bingham Death Sparks Exhumation Rumors
Wilmington reports swirl around Ave. Robert W. Bingham former Mrs. Henry M. Flagler buried at Oakdale cemetery in July. Health authorities refuse to confirm exhumation permit for an autopsy to determine death cause. Grave guarded as family weighs contesting codicil leaving 5 million dollars to her second husband.
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Wilmington
N. C
Robert W. Bingham
Henry M. Flagler
Oakdale
Louisville
Big Business Blocks War Profits Tax Work
Washington D C Sept 22 Members of the ways and means committee at a meeting with House conferees on the war tax were told that the presence of big business accents demanding retention of Senate allowances of goodwill patents and other intangible assets in determining the capital of business for taxation may be responsible for the failure of the conferees to agree on the definition of capital the big point in controversy
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Washington, D. C
Ways and Means
House
Tod
Accnte
Senate
Bombs in Nitrates Kill Two on Steamer
A Pacific Port dispatch reports a bomb exploded in sacks of citrate aboard the Japanese passenger and freight steamer Belyo Mary at Iquique Chile. The blast killed two crewmen and injured ten. four additional bombs were found after the blast. A German agent was suspected among the crew.
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Pacific
Iquique
Chile
German Losses in Flanders Revealed
The report dated Sept 22 states thirty five German divisions faced Allied action in six weeks from July to August 9. Eighteen were withdrawn, eight remained in front line, eight assigned to quiet sectors. Front trench occupation averaged eight days before withdrawal due to heavy casualties. Verdun and Somme comparisons show shorter, harsher retrofits and new divisions replacing exhausted units.
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Associated Press
Oran
Somme
Verdun
Eist
Hine
Kaiser Visits Peewigh Ally
A dispatch from Perne Switzerland reports Emperor William traveling through Budapest toward Sofia. It notes Germany and Austria seek military aid with Bulgaria reluctant, while Bulgaria asks for aid that central powers have refused.
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Lowson
Perne
Switzerland
William
Budapest
Hungary
Sofia
Hulgaria
Germany
Austria
Huborin
Bulgaria
Copper price fixed for government allies and public
Washington announces copper set at 23 cents per pound for four months. Government allies and the public will pay f o b New York. Producers pledge not to cut wages and to maintain max production to deter market speculation.
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Washington, D. C
New York
Canadian Parliament Closes Long Session
Ottawa reports the last session of the 12th Canadian Parliament ended when Governor General the Duke of Devonshire prorogued. Eight months saw key decisions with 350 million voted for war expenses and conscription enacted to provide 106000 reinforcements.
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Ottawa
Canada
Duke of Devonshire
Manent
Woman Fends Off Burglary After Seizure of Revolver
In Council Bluffs on September 22 Mrs Tom Weatherhill, alone with her children, confronted a burglar in her living room. She retrieved a revolver from under her pillow and fired twice but the intruder escaped through a window after tearing at her clothing.
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Counc! Bluffs
Tom Weatherhill
Philadelphia Mayor Named in Death Plot
Warrants charging conspiracy in the killing of a pollerman and assault of two men were sworn out in Philadelphia. The targets include Mayor Thomas H. Smith Police Ident David Bennett and Isaac Deutech a candidate for select council facing rival James A. Carey in the fifth ward republican contest.
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Philadelphia
Pollerman
Jersey City
Fifth Ward
Thomas H. Smith
David Bennett
Isaac Deutech
Select Council
James A. Carey
Central span bolted in Quebec cantilever bridge milestone
The central span of the Quebec cantilever bridge, weighing 5000 tons, was bolted in place this afternoon. The span, linked between the arms of the largest bridge of its kind, was lifted 150 feet from river pontoons after a weeklong bolting operation beginning last Monday.
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Quebec
St. Lawrence
Swiss press urges open diplomacy to avoid repeats
Geneva reports several Swiss newspapers urge the government to abandon secret diplomacy and send representatives openly to prevent a repetition of the Luxburg affair. They advise all governments, especially neutrals, to adopt this method during the war.
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Geneva
Diners Remove Beef From Tuesday Menus
New York reports beef cuts and dishes will be removed from Tuesday dining car menus on railroad trains starting November 2 as wheat bread remains limited unless requested. The move aims to aid the government food administration.
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New York
Giehober
Toduy
Government Food Administration
Pomerene Seeks Price Fixes for Steel and Iron
Washington hearings opened as Senator Pomerene pushes extending federal power to fix steel and iron prices. The plan mirrors food control provisions canceled during conference and aims to regulate raw materials and their products through a new interstate commerce act authority.
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Washington
Congress
Menato Interstate Commerce
Pomerene
Osle
Australians Triumph in Great War Victory Near Ypres
British forces gained on an eight mile front around Ypres and Menin road, capturing more than 2000 German prisoners. Australian units seized Anzac stronghold near Zonnebeke as German defenses collapsed under British assault.
British Troops Make Gains on Helvian Front
Berlin reports British troops pressed forward at Passchendaele and Gheluvelt on September 22, advancing more than two thirds of a mile in places. West of Passchendaele British forces were pushed back by a counterattack while a section north of the Menin Ypres road stayed in British hands. After a meeting between Langemarck and Hollebeke British advances reached two thirds of a mile in depth.
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Associated Press
Tiny
Manders
Ypres- Menin Road
Veldhoek
Zevenkote
Langemarck
Ciheluvelt
Berlin
Passchendaele
Gheluvelt
Helvian
Menin-Ypres
Holsebeke
British Fight For Key German Strongpoints In Flanders
British and Canadian forces press the German line in Flanders around Ypres Glencorse Wood and Inverness Copse as operations extend from Polygon Wood Nun's Wood to the Ypres Menin Road sector. Ground is churned by shellfire with extensive craters and flooded areas hindering movement as the offensive intensifies.
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Associated Press
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France
Flanders
Yprea
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Inverness Copse
Ange
Zonnebeke
Anzac Ia
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Polygon Wood
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Glenwore Wood
Wirton
Pathe
Ironchon
Tier
Amiel
Dritieh
Thrawsbury Fort
Molleteke
Eecklon
Gorshy
Nine Die in Explosion at Demunition Factory
An explosion at a demunnition factory in Ipe killed nine people. The official notice released today confirms fatalities and notes the incident occurred at the facility, prompting an emergency response.
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Ipeand
Nile Paws
Kilida
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